Afraid it's a case of Mea culpa" on this one. Actually, I don't remember you being particularly bad when we first met, but that may be because I still was fairly bad at the time, and missed the signs.

It's one of those things we all have to go through as part of growing up, certainly when a male (along with accepting we aren't going to live forever, marry the prince(ss) of our dreams, and so on). Not so sure it's an issue for the female of the species, but I suspect so. Our culture tends to force different ways of expressing oneself on boys and girls (insert (for some people non-)optional rant about patriarchy here) which makes it harder to compare the two accurately on this - and many other - matter.

One thing I can say is that I rejected John Norman and all his works out of hand, which shows I had some sense of respect for my fellow humans.

And bear in mind that there are a lot of people who genuinely seem to have never got out of this immature state of mind, Yes President Drumpf, I'm talking about you! Ad there are (physically mature) adults who seem to think that the Gor books are a suitable guide to how one should live one's life. *Shudder*